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Everyone looked at Kenji wordlessly.

We 're in too deep , said their expressions.

".. .R.. .ight," Tanizaki chimed in reluctantly, with a strange voice.

"I do think that everyone agrees with the first half of that, but... It'll be a while before
autumn, don't you think...? Right, Kunikida-san?"

"R-right," Kunikida said in surprise, having not expected to be called upon so suddenly.

"I see," Kenji said, disappointed but not upset as he rolled his eyes. "Well, how about
this? There's a very common rite of passage in my village."

"Oh, what's that?" Tanizaki asked, raising his eyebrows.

Kenji is a native of the incredibly far-off countryside, deep in the mountains to the
Northeast, between a forest and a swamp. Up until 2 months ago when he had been scouted by
the president and then come to the Agency, he had lived a simple life surrounded by fields and
cattle. This is why he has a natural air, as if he had been bom directly from the soil.

"There are a number of eligibility requirements to enter our youth association, which
mostly helps with agriculture, but how about this one?" Kenji said, lifting one finger. "Predicting
the weather past today."

"Huh... that's pretty interesting. It figures that the weather would be important to
farmers. So if he can predict tomorrow's weather without looking at the weather forecast, he
passes?"

"No, not just tomorrow's. An entire month's. You can predict the weather from the state
of the soil and animals. I can do it too-Sunny, cloudy, sunny, sunny in the morning but rainy in
the evening..."

After that, Kenji recited the entire month's weather. Unfortunately, everyone was too
busy being shocked, and did not absorb a single word he said.

"That...is amazing." Tanizaki finally opened his mouth. "But do you have any other

ideas?"